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Matthew D. Ports of Pfaff, Gill & Ports, Ltd. recently negotiated a $1.8 million settlement for the wrongful death of a newborn, survived by his loving mother and father. We claimed that the delivering physician and the nurses failed to identify the baby’s deteriorating condition as could be seen on the fetal monitoring strips….

A Tazewell County jury awarded a $5,008,921.72 plaintiff’s verdict to the estate a 36-year-old woman who bled to death during a DaVinci robotic hysterectomy procedure at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois.  The gynecologist, Dr. David Kindred, accidently lacerated her left iliac artery and she bled internally for approximately 2 hours before the injury…

A Tazewell County jury awarded a $5,008,921.72 plaintiff’s verdict to the estate a 36-year-old woman who bled to death during a DaVinci robotic hysterectomy procedure at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois.  The gynecologist, Dr. David Kindred, accidently lacerated her left iliac artery and she bled internally for approximately 2 hours before the injury…

Matthew Ports was co-counsel for a recently settled a medical malpractice case on behalf of a 64-year-old woman who was negligently treated at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights back in May 2011.  On December 30, 2015, Judge James N. O’Hara approved the $5 million settlement agreement that was reached between the family,  three…

Matthew D. Ports was among the 35 awardees honored at the 6th Annual JVR Awards for Trial Lawyer Excellence, hosted by the Jury Verdict Reporter, a division of Law Bulletin Publishing Company, on October 21st at the Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago. Matt was recognized for the successful representation of his clients in…

$12mill award upheld for family of man who died waiting 6hrs for emergency blood treatment | https://t.co/7ZGsRlGw9u pic.twitter.com/8repPPzCwX — Cook County Record (@CookRecord) October 23, 2015

The First District Appellate Court in Chicago, Illinois affirmed a verdict for $12.2 million obtained for a southwest suburban family two years ago. The verdict was against AES, a corporate subsidiary of Fresenius, and a plasmapheresis nurse who was called on an emergency basis to provide care to the firm’s client who was in…

Michael Gill settled a diving case on behalf of a 12-year-old girl who dove into an above ground pool at a classmate’s birthday party and fractured her cervical spine. Plaintiff filed suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County, but was transferred to DeKalb County – 2013 IL App (1st) 130652. The case settled…

On Thursday afternoon, June 4, 2015, a 35-year-old man identified in court papers as “John Anonymous” reached a settlement of his case against Northwestern Faculty Foundation arising out of the destruction of the sperm he banked at Northwestern. The injured party was diagnosed in 2011 with testicular cancer and, on the advice of his…